【正文】 as dr ivi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f et in length and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great di f icult y i n cont rol ling the car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。 I li ed, 39。Hull o, Ber t, 39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。 I39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。 Meanwhi le, two other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 said a pol icem an af ter wards, 39。m going to.. .39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clea rl y, i t took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and e ven t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 Oh, is it ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpani ed by a 39。 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 Ther e39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t wentyone mile tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said that i t would be possi ble t o buil d a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent il at ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level. In 1860, a beter plan was put f or ward by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rail way t unnel should be bui lt . Thi s would solve t he pr obl em of venti lati on, f or if a t rain ent er ed thi s tunnel , it would dr aw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. I f , at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been plet ed. Recent ly, there has agai n been gr eat i nterest in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t i s buil t, it wi l connect Bri tai n to Eur ope for t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr ese nts t o a chil dren39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。 Then I 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 don39。Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。 Ber t answered. 39。l e wi th you, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Campingi n case you can39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ? Not at al ,39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m oder n aer oplane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists may learn how to fl y over short distances, and may, eventual y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At l ant i c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f t he Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe tim e studyi ng active vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay nea